Wand (Wall)

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Wand (Wall)
ArtistGerhard Richter
Year1994
CatalogueGRAD 806
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions240 cm × 240 cm (94 in × 94 in)
LocationPrivate collection

Wand (Wall) is an oil painting by Gerhard Richter executed in 1994. It was in Richter's private collection for over 15 years before he sold it to the Wako Works of Art gallery in Tokyo in 2010. It was sold at Sotheby's, London, on 12 February 2014 for £17,442,500.[1][2][3]

Bibliography[edit]

  • Exhibition Catalogue, London, Anthony d'Offay Gallery, Gerhard Richter, 1998, p. 87, no. 806, illustrated in colour
  • art Das Kunstmagazin, no. 12, December 1999, front cover, illustrated in colour
  • Robert Storr, Gerhard Richter: Malerei, Ostfildern 2002, p. 245, illustrated in colour
  • Joost Zwagerman, Transito, Amsterdam/Antwerp 2006, pp. 160–61, illustrated in colour

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Contemporary Art Evening Auction 12 February 2014". Sotheby's. Archived from the original on 24 September 2015.
  2. ^ Adam, Georgina. "Why is Gerhard Richter worth £21 million?". The Daily Telegraph. Archived from the original on 16 March 2014.
  3. ^ "Paintings by Richter and Freud to be sold by Sotheby's". Reuters. Archived from the original on 2 February 2014.